Our leadership team

May is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries UK (FIA).  She holds a Master of Actuarial Science from Cass Business School in London and a Master of Engineering Science from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.  

May has around 15 years of actuarial and finance experience, covering corporate actuarial and finance, product development and pricing, economic capital, risk management and investment.  She has work for a number of leading life insurers and consultancies in the UK, Australia and Thailand. Prior to her actuarial career, May was a chartered civil engineer with experience spanning New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and UAE.

Sam joined Manulife Cambodia in 2013 after spending 24 years in the United States. He has more than 11 years of industry experience in North America and Asia. Having graduated from Boston College, Massachusetts with a BA in Political Science and International Studies in 2001, Sam joined John Hancock Financial in 2005. After his eight-year career handling New Business Operations in John Hancock, Sam returned to Cambodia where he recently in 2016, appointed as Chief Operations Officer for Manulife Cambodia. Born during the civil war and grew up in refugee camps in Cambodia, Sam is a fellow Cambodian-American who decided to come back home to help Cambodians build a better and more secure financial future for themselves.

Prior to Manulife, Hemy brings in solid 16 years of experiences in delivery of digital projects for customers across the globe. Her recent role was with ABA Bank, a leading technological bank in Cambodia, where she supports with setting up the digital team and leading the effort for the delivery of digital initiatives. 

Hemy is a certified professional scrum master and hold a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Institute of Technology of Cambodia.

Sovann has extensive legal expertise in corporate law for more than ten years. He joined Manulife Cambodia during the initial setup of the Legal & Compliance function in 2012. Sovann has been the first in-house Counsel, Corporate Governance and Compliance in Cambodia’s insurance since Company’s inception. Prior to this, he mastered corporate governance for a leading financial Company and was a legal advisor for various projects for reputable law firms around the region. Sovann holds a dual Master degree in Economic Relations of Euro-Asia Law (LLM) from Rennes 2 University (France) and Private Law (LLM) from Royal University of Law and Economic Science (Cambodia), Superior Diploma in Law on Enterprises’ Activities from Lumière Lyon 2 University (France).  He is also a member of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Throughout his career, Sadat has been focused on delivering the development solutions to build capabilities, shaping the organizational culture, driving staff engagement and performance, and delivering changes and transformation. During his most recent roles as CHRO and Chief of Staff in banking, he has delivered key initiatives for the organization, which include becoming a center for talent development, achieving high employee engagement, and leading successful change and transformation for the bank as well as driving the delivery of business strategy.

Over the past years, Sadat has been very passionate about developing people by helping them perform better at their jobs, leading to a greater sense of fulfillment and opening up career opportunities.